SKAN, headquartered in Switzerland with a strong US presence, is a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry for its cleanroom equipment. This equipment is routinely used in vaccine development, production of pharmaceutical products, and other critical operations to ensure the safety and quality of pharmaceutical drugs.
Our US base is comprised of a parts business, a field service/assembly team, a microbiology team, a documentation qualification department, and a field qualification team, among other administrative functions.
Function Specific Tasks:
- Lead the direct FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistic Teams (recruiting, separation, salary responsibility, employee appraisals) for SKAN US
- Coordination of HR-related topics for the IT-team at SKAN US. The technical lead is with the Director ICT at SKAN AG.
- Overall responsibility for:
- General and subledgers for SKAN US and SKAN Real Estate LLC
- Internal & external reporting
- Budgeting- and forecasting process
- Cash-Planning
- Monthly-, quarterly-, annual closing according to Swiss GAAP FER and local GAAP
- Preparation of the reporting packages to SKAN AG
- Periodical tax filings (corporate tax, sales and use tax)
- Definition and development of the FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics processes=> strong focus on digitalization and high transparency of the financial processes
- Developing KPI’s
- Definition and development of the Internal Control System (ICS)
- Further development and implementation of new systems/processes in the FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics areas
- Close cooperation and regular communication with the international finance teams (mainly SKAN AG)
- Coordination of the audits at SKAN US (internal and external)
- Participation in optimization processes (department-specific and cross-departmental)
- Ensure Q-System in FI/CO, Order Management,
- Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics
- Focus on digitalization of FI/CO, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse, and Logistics processes
- Strong communication skills internally and externally (banks, authorities, auditors)
- Prioritizing skills
- Strong service orientation
- Participation in strategic initiatives and creation of business cases
- Pay Range: $165,000 – $196,600
Qualifications Needed:
- Experience leading a team and able to develop your team according to their strengths & company needs
- Enforce own responsibility & independency
- Enhance strong service and support orientation
- Experienced in working within a publicly traded company
- Hands-on mentality
- Respect cultural values
- US CPA preferred
- Bachelor/Master of Business Administration
- Good knowledge of the MS Office package, especially MS Excel
- SAP knowledge
- Basic knowledge of accounting standards (Swiss GAAP FER, IFRS)
What can we offer you?
- An open corporate culture and teamwork
- Short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies
- Intensive orientation and training programs through our SKAN Academy
- Excellent base salary with potential annual bonus opportunity
- Major medical, dental and vision for employee and family
- Short-term and long-term disability for employees
- 401K with 100% company match up to 6% immediately vested
- 15 paid vacation days and nine observed company holidays per year, generous rollover policy
If you have any questions, please contact our HR responsible via us.jobs@us.skan.ch
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